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BORNEAN ORANGUTANS
Orangutans have the longest birth gap among mammals; a 2018 study explains how their 7.6-year wait for another baby, scarce forest fruit and solitary life may actually help them surviveOrangutans face rapid decline with fewer than 11,900 individuals remaining. Females reproduce slowly, averaging over seven years between bi...- In 2001, a scientist began rebuilding a rainforest on about 5,000 acres of burned Borneo grassland; the restored habitat became a refuge for orangutansA Dutch researcher regrew a rainforest on 5,000 acres of scorched land in Borneo. Willie Smits began restoring degraded land near Samboja i...
- Scientists Studying Primate Societies Noticed Something Unexpected About Their IntelligenceForest primates are rarely alone. They live in groups, constantly interacting. Scientists believe this social life sharpens their minds. Re...
- New Orangutan species 'among most threatened great apes'London, Nov 3 (IANS) Scientists have identified an isolated population of orangutans living in Sumatra in Indonesia, which according to the...
- Four out of six great apes near extinction: ReportThe list also reports the decline of the Plains Zebra due to illegal hunting, and the growing extinction threat to Hawaiian plants posed by...
- Four of six great apes species face extinction
- Secret population of rare orangutans discoveredResearchers have discovered a population of 200 of the world's rarest orangutans hiding in the forests of Indonesia.
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